An “ideal couple” once came to Gautama Buddha and asked, “Lord, we married after being acquainted from childhood and there has never been a cloud on our happiness. Please tell us if we can be married in the next life?” The Buddha gave them this wise answer:

Manthan Sampoorna Vikas Kendra is a holistic education programme, working since 2008, for a Saakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat. As an aim, Manthan works to integrate the lives of underprivileged children with mainstream education by providing comprehensive and continuous support. Our ideology includes constant encouragement, provision of stepping-stones, and the setting up of a positive environment suitable for the children’s growth and progress.

Ego and self-pride are not synonymous; rather, in a way, they are opposites. While ego plunges a person into darkness, self-pride takes one towards light. Ego results in one's descent, but self-pride leads one towards growth and progress.

How would you feel if every early morning someone asks you to get up and leave the comfort zone of your bed? We guess, probably you would wish the person to have a snooze option, which you can hit at and sleep more!